Who can speak Urdu here?

format_quote Originally Posted by hisnameiszzz

I am Indian.

That's not Hindi. It's the Urdu I was taught. I promise.

I can't speak gujerati that we'll and I can't read or write it.

okay, usually i've heard some indians speak hindi like that. In urdu it would be, 'main nay urdu ko parha/ main nay urdu parhi. and 'main nay boht kitaabein parhi'......

i give you 10/10 for the effort

Is Urdu written in latin or arabic alphabet?

format_quote Originally Posted by anatolian

Is Urdu written in latin or arabic alphabet?

Arabic alphabet

format_quote Originally Posted by Hamza :)

Arabic alphabet

I thought so but the latin transliteration is used widely it seems?

format_quote Originally Posted by anatolian

I thought so but the latin transliteration is used widely it seems?

For texting and stuff, yes. Many people here don't have urdu keyboards and it's a painstaking task to type using virtual keyboards, so...

format_quote Originally Posted by ramen-thelegend

bolne *ki koshesh karti hun lakin meri urdu biht totti *pari/parri hai

to app utha ligi-ay
sawar li gi-ay, yaha par

Ah, pajji must be in Punjabi then

Daadi ammi aaj Pakistan se ayhai, uskisaat urdu me baat karnai ki koshesh karun gi in shaa Allaah. Aysai likne me tora ahsaan hai lakin mujhai bolne me mushkal lagti hai.

ہم تو اردو لکھتے ہیں بول بھی لیتے ہیں جب بولنی ہوتی ہے ۔

Apun mumbai ka badhaa bhai hai, sumjai kya?

Agar naa samjai, toh hum gholi khilayenge, sur pur. Do supari de kar - khalaas.

Mogambo out

format_quote Originally Posted by Timi Scar

Apun mumbai ka badhaa bhai hai, sumjai kya?

Agar naa samjai, toh hum gholi khilayenge, sur pur. Do supari de kar - khalaas.

Mogambo out

Aha, always thought bro Scimi was a bhai - what if I decide to write down the translation?

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

One brother has stated that Urdu is "the second language of Islaam". I would just like to make a small correction:

Urdu is one language from the languages of the Muslims. Islaam, on the other hand, has only one language, and that is Arabic. Arabic is the language of the Qur'aan, the language of Jannah, the language of the Malaa'ikah, the language in the Qabr, the language of Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم and the language Allaah Ta`aalaa has chosen for this Ummah.

`Allaamah ibn `Asaakir رحمة الله عليه narrates in "at-Taareekh" that the language Nabi Aadam عليه السلام spoke in Jannah was Arabic.

Imaam Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah رحمة الله عليه narrates that Ameer-ul-Mu'mineen Hadhrat `Umar رضي الله عنه said:

تعلموا العربية فإنها من دينكم

"Learn Arabic, for it is part of your Deen."

In fact, Hadhrat `Umar رضي الله عنه did not want those who are fluent in Arabic to speak any other language. He said:

لا تعلموا رطانة الأعاجم

"Don't learn the languages of the non-Arabs."

This was addressed to those who were fluent in Arabic.

It must be stated here that, for those who are not fluent in Arabic, there is no harm in speaking other languages, whether it be Urdu, Gujirathi, English, etc. amongst one another. However, two people who are both fluent in Arabic should not speak any other language with each other besides Arabic.

Imaam ibn Abi Shaybah narrates that once, Hadhrat Muhammad ibn Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqaas saw some Muslims speaking in Faarsi (Persian), so he asked them, "What is the matter with you that you have chosen Majoosiyyah (fire-worship) after having had Hanafiyyah (Monotheism)?"

That was how opposed he was to people capable of speaking Arabic fluently, choosing to speak in other languages instead.

In summary:

Islaam has only one language, and that is Arabic. All other languages are permissible, but they are not "Islaamic languages". They are languages spoken by Muslims.

والله تعالى أعلم

(P.S. I can read, write, speak and understand Urdu, but I rarely ever do so.)

والسلام

Urdu is a very easy language.

In SA, the majority of the Ulema converse with one another in Urdu. However, that isn't the right thing to do. There are numerous narrations which state that if people are able to speak Arabic fluently, they must not converse with each other in any other language. The Ulema know Arabic. They should be speaking Arabic with each other instead.

Although I dont think that Arabic have such a superiority over other languages except being the language of Quran I am agree with Huzaifah ibn Adam. We Muslims of different nations should learn Arabic and speak to each other in arabic instead of english. We must overthrow the sovereignity of English. But all muslim nations including Arabs themselves are the clowns of the Anglosaxon influence. It will be so hard doing that.

Apun, Hindi bolta hai, mumbai ka bhai hoona, isi liye... tere jaisa kisi ki behen nahin hu, samjay kya? Agar na samjay? toh goli khilawunga... sab samaj mai aajayega.

Chal bachchoo, ek chai leyaa.

Dada

the uk mosques have to prioritise arabic and english over urdu
both in the teaching of kids and in public lectures